He was promoted from chef of ring to headwaiter.

If you aren't careful, the overworked assistant you ask to track down a lost memo will tell your boss you've been hoarding cocoa packets in your desk.

While friends huddled collegiately around a teapot and shared a few moments of communality, I, an inveterate teabag user, would slink quietly back to my desk with my selfish mug for one.